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H. J. WELDON.

BUTTON PASTENER.

.Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

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NiTnD STATES PATENT irren.

HENRY J. WELDON, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,309, dated February17, 1885.

Application tiled January S, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. WnLDoN, of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement inButton Fasteners 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and eXact description ofthe same.

My invention relates to buttons for boots and shoes, and is applicablealso to buttons for other articles of Wear.

It consists of a device for attaching thebuttons to the boot, shoe, orgarment in such a Way that they may be easily and securely attached oreasily detached Without the use of an instrument of any kind.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a longitudinalvertical section of the attaching device holding a series of buttons inplace. Fig. 2 shows a plan of theunder side of the same.

I use ordinary buttons, a, and insert the eyes of these buttons throughholes in the cloth or leather. Underneath each button, and on the underside ofthe leather or fabric, is a washer, b, having a hole in thecenter large enough to admit the eye of the button. It will heunderstood that these Washers may be made of metal or any othersuitably-stiff material, and are large enough for bearingsurface on theleather or cloth.

For securing the buttons I provide a strip of wire or flat metal (shownat c) in length slightly exceeding the length of the row of buttonholes.This strip is provided with aseries of loops, d, adapted to receivel theeyes of the i buttons. Preferably I forni one end of the strip with ahead, which. may be a cross-har, e, euty on the strip or head formed bytransversely bending the end of the strip. The other end I prefer tomake pointed, and the strip is preferably flexible.

It' desired, the strip may be provided with barbs, as shown in Fig. l,to hold the strip from slipping. v-

In applying my button-fastener the buttons are first inserted and arepushed as far as they will go through the leather or fabric. Then thewashers are put one on every button'eye. I next run in thefastening-strip by entering the pointed end through the lower button-eyerst and then through the others in order. The head prevents it frombeing drawn th rough therst eye, and thepointed -end may be thrust intothe leather or cloth lining. When the buttons are drawn out inbuttoning, the eyes fit the loops and leave a smooth interior.

I clairn- In combination, the buttons, the Washers, and the strip havingloops tted to the eyes of the buttons, all as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony WhereofI have signed my naine to this specification in thepresence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

' HENRY J. VELDON.

Witnesses:

- F. L. MIDDLETON,

WALTER DoNALDsoN.

